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fóre-tácen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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fóre-tácen, -tacn, es; n.
A FORE-TOKEN, presage, sign, wonder; præsāgium, prodĭgium
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  • Fóretácn écra góda

    a fore-token of eternal blessings,

    • Bt. 40, 2
    • ;
    • Fox 236, 21: Ps. Spl. 77, 48: 70, 8.
  • Ðæt biþ fóretácna mæst

    that shall be the greatest of fore-tokens,

    • Exon. 21 a
    • ;
    • Th. 55, 34
    • ;
    • Cri. 893.
  • He sette on him word tácna heora and fóretácna

    pŏsuit in eis verba signōrum suōrum et prodigiōrum.

    • Ps. Spl. 104, 25.
  • He sende fóretácna

    emīsit prodĭgia,

    • 134, 9.
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  • fóre-tácen, n.